I'll skip the whole tutorial, since you can follow it easily on MJ&G. But basically, you buy a bag of brown paper lunch sacks (I found my bag of 50 for $0.79), buy a wreath form (mine was from the dollar store, so it was $1), punch a gazillion little scalloped circles and glue them onto the wreath form. I used about 20 bags per wreath, punching six scalloped circles from each bag.

To get the frilly, flowery shape, you place an unsharpened pencil in the center of a scalloped circle, fold the paper around the pencil like a flower, place a dab of hot glue on the paper covering the end of the pencil, and stick it on the wreath. Repeat, repeat, repeat, and repeat.

I estimate it took me 2-3 hours to punch the circles, and 3-4 hours to glue them to the wreath. Super simple to do while watching TV.

And the result is so lovely:

After the baby shower, I was taking down decorations and setting some aside for the new mommy. She happened to bring some dip in a white bowl (Martha Stewart from Macy's, if you're curious), so I set the bowl inside the wreath to remind me that I needed to take both to her. Then I looked at it, and looked again, and was blown away to find a whole new use for my new favorite wreath:

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I'm still loving this wreath! When I clicked on the link you sent me I realized I already had that tute bookmarked from last spring. I guess I never really read through the tutorial because I didn't realize it was made with brown lunch sacks.

Thanks for reminding about this great wreath. I borrowed a scalloped punch from a friend and am almost done punching my flowers out. When we move I'll have a craft ready to go when I need a break from un-packing. :)

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